What The World Needs Now: 4-Bladed Sword

When I see something like this, I have to think of Nutnfancy’s ‘POU’ or ‘philosophy of use’ concept. What in blue blazes is the POU for this POS? And if you actually want it, what would you be willing to spend? . . .

You can’t carry it, and it won’t efficiently cut anything you’ll ever need to cut (no, imaginary slow-moving Orcs and the undead don’t count.) On top of that, you can’t even hang it on a wall without being laughed out of your own home. It looks more like a hay fork than a weapon.

I always get a laugh from Cold Steel’s vaguely unsettling sword videos, but at least those are high-quality blades. They might not be particularly practical or useful, but at least they’re functional. Dropping perfectly good cash on abominations like this 4-bladed thing, on the other hand, is probably legal grounds for divorce in most states.

From my experience they don’t allow edged weapons at cons, even as part of a costume. If you buy one it must be immediately transported, fully wrapped to either the trunk of your car or hotel room for storage. Generally bokken or shinai are allowed though. Fake weapons and props, as well as anything that looks remotely weapon-like must be peace bonded (aka have a zip tie attached somewhere).

I could see a pactical use for something like this. Seems like a big sweeping cross section, like a pitchfork, could function decently (in theory) as a block-and-catch or a block-and-break weapon. More so if it was designed to be carried w/ another weapon (like a regular knife/dagger) in the other hand. But yeah this thing is basically a sci-fi monstrosity, would not pay 64 plus shipping for this thing.

You can shoot Mal’s gun. It was just a Taurus 85 with a few add ons to make it look kewl. As for this 4 bladed sword I got something very close to it from the hardware store for less than 30 bucks for working the dirt in my garden. I never realised I was such a ninja.